Genius Bar from 09.20.11 WordPress NYC Meetup
The formal presentation was “A beginners overview”. There was an introduction about the many ways you can interact with the WPNYC community. Then we split off to the Genius Bar.
I was expecting a bunch of self-dubbed geniuses to be discussing advanced WP topics. Instead, it was more like Apple’s Genius Bar, with about 15 people waiting to ask the geniuses their WP questions. Most of the people seemed to be designers. There were two developers (Steve Bruner, the organizer, and Kevin Cristiano) who were very patient and helpful. Most of the questions were regarding plugins. These are not direct quotes. And the plugin spellings might be wrong.
- “What video plugin should I use for .mov files? WP won’t let me upload anything larger than 8 MB and I’ve been converting them to .fla … I don’t want to use Youtube/Vimeo because of I want particular privacy/sharing options.”
- Jw-player plugin is standard for video, uses HTML5, free/licensed version for business. Also, JPlayer & VideoJS are recommended.
- For reducing the file size, someone recommended using an online file convertor. They said that Dreamhost provides one in the control panel.
- Some debate as to where the file size limit is set (in WP or the host’s PHP settings).
- Some debate as to whether YouTube has separate privacy settings for each video (it does).
- “My Google Analytics plugin doesn’t work.”
- Try: Ultimate Google Analytics, Google Analyticator, Google Analytics for WP
- You don’t actually need a plugin